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Cathy Avgiris, executive vice president and general manager of Comcast Cable's data and communications unit, has been named the company's chief financial officer. Avgiris on July 1 will succeed Dave Scott, who will retire after two decades with Comcast.

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Comcast has released an application to help Xfinity online subscribers guard against phishing, identify theft and fraudulent websites. The Constant Guard Mobile app is the first such protection from an ISP for smartphones and tablets, according to Comcast.

Allan Singer, executive vice president of distribution and strategy at the Oprah Winfrey Network, has joined Charter Communications as senior vice president of programming. Singer is a cable industry veteran, and before joining OWN, he held a number of executive-level positions with Comcast.

Comcast today is expected to announce a new residential broadband tier called Extreme 105, which is said to be 60 times faster than the T-1 lines that businesses use. "This speed tier takes [our Internet services] to a whole new level," said Cathy Avgiris, senior vice president and general manager of communications and data services at the country's largest cable provider. "With it, we're powering the digital home of the future."

Looking to energize its commercial-service offerings, Charter Communications announced the hiring of Don Detampel as executive vice president and president of commercial services. He comes to the cable provider from New Global Telecom, which recently was acquired by Comcast.

After conducting trials last year on its Constant Guard Bot Detection and Notifications service, Comcast has started the process of rolling out the free cyberprotection to its 16 million Xfinity data customers. Comcast's Cathy Avgiris said "Internet users need to be aware of online threats -- bots being among the most serious."